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RNS Number : 3659K  Unilever PLC  04 May 2022

UNILEVER PLC

 

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

 

ALL RESOLUTIONS APPROVED

 

 

Unilever PLC shareholders today approved all resolutions put to the 2022
Annual General Meeting. Voting was by poll on each resolution and the results
are set out below.

 

 

BOARD APPOINTMENTS

 

The following directors stood for election or re-election and were duly
elected or re-elected by the shareholders of Unilever PLC:

Nils Andersen, Judith Hartmann, Adrian Hennah, Alan Jope, Andrea Jung, Susan
Kilsby, Ruby Lu, Strive Masiyiwa, Youngme Moon, Graeme Pitkethly and Feike
Sijbesma.

 

 

POLL RESULTS - ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 4 MAY 2022

 

 

                                                                                 TOTAL VOTES FOR         %       TOTAL VOTES AGAINST     %      TOTAL VOTES CAST  % OF SHARE CAPITAL VALIDLY CAST VOTED FOR AND AGAINST  VOTES WITHHELD
 1. To receive the Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2021            1,784,771,403      99.95%          845,727         0.05%    1,785,617,130   69.87%                                                      5,690,097
 2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report                                     1,653,105,110      92.52%   133,616,656            7.48%    1,786,721,766   69.91%                                                      4,585,321
 3. To re-elect Mr N Andersen as a Non-Executive Director                             1,650,208,767      92.24%   138,827,869            7.76%    1,789,036,636   70.00%                                                      2,267,306
 4. To re-elect Dr J Hartmann as a Non-Executive Director                             1,774,485,487      99.19%     14,499,168           0.81%    1,788,984,655   70.00%                                                      2,321,354
 5. To re-elect Mr A Jope as an Executive Director                                    1,724,961,069      96.39%     64,568,113           3.61%    1,789,529,182   70.02%                                                      1,778,490
 6. To re-elect Ms A Jung as a Non-Executive Director                                 1,698,883,917      94.96%     90,190,281           5.04%    1,789,074,198   70.00%                                                      2,231,810
 7. To re-elect Ms S Kilsby as a Non-Executive Director                               1,774,007,079      99.16%     15,061,832           0.84%    1,789,068,911   70.00%                                                      2,237,098
 8. To re-elect Mr S Masiyiwa as a Non-Executive Director                             1,769,253,409      98.90%     19,723,543           1.10%    1,788,976,952   70.00%                                                      2,329,056
 9. To re-elect Professor Y Moon as a Non-Executive Director                          1,770,316,797      98.96%     18,660,776           1.04%    1,788,977,573   70.00%                                                      2,328,435
 10. To re-elect Mr G Pitkethly as an Executive Director                              1,723,474,854      96.34%     65,559,756           3.66%    1,789,034,610   70.00%                                                      2,252,435
 11. To re-elect Mr F Sijbesma as a Non-Executive Director                            1,769,656,458      98.92%     19,339,706           1.08%    1,788,996,164   70.00%                                                      2,309,845
 12. To elect Mr A Hennah as a Non-Executive Director                                 1,767,022,039      98.77%     21,955,381           1.23%    1,788,977,420   70.00%                                                      2,328,588
 13. To elect Mrs R Lu as a Non-Executive Director                                    1,777,112,750      99.34%     11,895,279           0.66%    1,789,008,029   70.00%                                                      2,297,929
 14. To reappoint KPMG LLP as Auditors of the Company                                 1,771,210,928      99.05%     16,997,442           0.95%    1,788,208,370   69.97%                                                      3,093,363
 15. To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the Auditor                1,778,622,006      99.42%     10,297,215           0.58%    1,788,919,221   70.00%                                                      2,384,951
 16. To authorise Political Donations and expenditure                                 1,742,197,236      97.98%     35,890,771           2.02%    1,778,088,007   69.57%                                                    13,188,421
 17. To renew the authority to Directors to issue shares                              1,689,544,033      94.43%     99,633,679           5.57%    1,789,177,712   70.01%                                                      2,130,961
 18. To renew the authority to Directors to disapply pre-emption rights               1,756,444,950      98.28%     30,741,777           1.72%    1,787,186,727   69.93%                                                      4,114,524
 19. To renew the authority to Directors to disapply pre-emption rights for the       1,734,740,008      97.05%     52,806,643           2.95%    1,787,546,651   69.94%                                                      3,762,073
 purposes of acquisitions or capital investments
 20. To renew the authority to the Company to purchase its own shares                 1,768,051,750      98.90%     19,745,781           1.10%    1,787,797,531   69.95%                                                      3,507,271
 21. To shorten the notice period for General Meetings                                1,617,343,217      91.97%   141,172,318            8.03%    1,758,515,535   68.81%                                                    31,733,892

 

 

NOTES:

- The 'For' vote includes votes given at the Chairman's discretion and details
of proxy votes cast are included in the table above.

- As at 2.30pm on 2 May 2022 the total number of issued ordinary shares of
Unilever PLC was 2,629,243,772. Of those ordinary shares, 70,256,699 were held
as treasury shares and 3,305,603 ordinary shares (including ordinary shares
represented by Unilever PLC ADSs) were held by or on behalf of companies in
the Unilever Group (the "Unilever Group Shares"). The voting rights attaching
to the Unilever Group Shares are not exercisable. Therefore, as at 2.30pm on 2
May 2022, the total number of Unilever PLC ordinary shares with exercisable
voting rights was 2,555,681,470.

 

A 'Vote withheld' is not a vote in law and will not be counted in the
calculation of the proportion of the votes 'for' and 'against' a resolution.

 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of all the resolutions passed,
other than ordinary business, will be submitted to and available for
inspection at the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for
inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .  A copy of the
resolutions can also be found in the Chairman's Letter and Notice of Meeting
which is available on our website: www.unilever.com/AGM
(http://www.unilever.com/AGM)

 

 

 

4 May 2022

 

 

 

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